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This article is from the Piano Playing from Memory FAQ, by Isako Hoshino rmmpfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.

5) Some further reading (Piano Playing from Memory)

Bernstein, Seymour, "With Your Own Two Hands: Self-Discovery
Through Music". New York, G. Schirmer, 1981.
Contains a long chapter on memorizing, including a very thorough
discussion and detailed example of the use of analysis.

Cooke, Charles, "Playing the Piano for Pleasure." New York, Simon
and Schuster, 1941.
Another proponent of analysis. Recommends giving the greatest
attention to "fracture" points, so as to make them the strongest
parts.

Gardner, Howard, "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple
Intelligences". New York, Basic Books, 1985.
Musical and body-kinesthetic abilities, which are both involved in
memorizing, are presented as distinct types of intelligence.
Implications for education are considered. Also, the Suzuki
method is discussed.

Howard, Pierce J., "The Owner's Manual for the Brain". Austin,
Leornica Press, 1994.
Contains some practical applications of brain research.

Matthay, Tobias, "On Memorizing and Playing From Memory, and On
the Laws of Practice Generally". London, Oxford University Press,
1926.
A classic on this subject by a prominent pianist of the time.

Metcalfe, Janet, and Shimamura, Arthur P., "Metacognition".
Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.I.T. Press, 1994.
Contains references to research on the learning of motor skills.

Miller, George A., "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two:
Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information."
Psychological Review 63 (1956): 81-97.

Newman, William S., "The Pianist's Problems". New York, Da Capo
Press, 1984.

Rolla, Gregory M. "Your inner music: creative analysis and music
memory". Wilmette, Illiois, Chiron Publications, 1993.

Seroff, Victor, "Common Sense in Piano Study". New York, Funk &
Wagnalls, 1970.

Wilson, Frank R., "Tone Deaf & All Thumbs?". New York, Vintage
Books, 1986.
The author, a professor of neurology who began piano lessons as an
adult, explains the workings of the brain as we make and listen to
music.

 

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